noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
live ammunition
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Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
live
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Policemen who were stoned by the crowd used live ammunition to disperse it, killing at least one person.
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The live ammunition that I experienced was not officially sanctioned as being hazardous enough to be included.
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He'd have been kicked out of here if it wasn't obvious that he'd actually used live ammunition .
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When arrested, he was found to be in possession of a small-calibre handgun and several rounds of live ammunition .
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One of the machine guns had live ammunition attached to it.
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As the situation worsened more border police entered the area and began firing live ammunition into the crowd.
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Leipzigers feared live ammunition could be used.
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The army's next line of defence concerns the use of live ammunition .
■ VERB
carry
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Stores were distributed in pony treks that carried not only ammunition and food but also mail and the force's own newspaper.
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Unfortunately they carried no ammunition and all guns were still packed in grease.
find
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We kept finding more supplies and ammunition .
give
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But this new research has given me just the ammunition I need.
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She wasn't about to give him any further ammunition .
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All this gave powerful ammunition to urban sociologists writing from the mid-1970s onwards.
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The provision of reasons for decisions has become unpopular because reasons give more ammunition for challenge and negligence claims: see 14.7.7.
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Any controversy over the new legal framework would give ammunition to Mr Meacher's critics within the party.
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However, the slow-down in imports gave ammunition to those who warn that the recovery is fragile.
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This somewhat unexpected decision gave ammunition to those who felt the schema on priestly life was too spiritual in tone.
load
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So Taylor's explanation for pulling out Carlton Palmer only loaded the ammunition for critics of both manager and player.
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They were also very heavily loaded with ammunition .
provide
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The disk also contains secret cheat codes to provide additional ammunition and level skip features.
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Ballpark opponents are counting on two studies now in the works to provide them with ammunition .
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It is likely that the report will provide added ammunition to environmentalists who have for long opposed the blanket afforestation of uplands.
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Johnson became committed to discrediting the civil rights movement and asked Hoover to provide the ammunition .
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Membership also provides extra ammunition to defend the pound if currency markets take fright at the election result.
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But some observers voiced skepticism that Liggett will provide any more ammunition than plaintiffs already have.
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In fact it is these abuses that have provided the ammunition to bring the entire concept of headship into disrepute.
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There is no doubt that the document provided ammunition for reforms.
use
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It seemed likely last night that the various opposition groups had used up all their ammunition .
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The Macher does not take standard cartridges, but uses its own proprietary ammunition .
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Smokeless powder, for which there are many formulas, is used in modern ammunition .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The soldiers kept on firing until they had no more ammunition .
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The terrorist group is believed to have significant quantities of guns, ammunition , and explosives.
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We now knew that we were trapped, with only a few rounds of ammunition left.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Jeeps, ammunition and food fell silently to the ground.
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Preparations were made, and arms and ammunition were stolen.
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The charges against Abu Bakr and 113 of his followers included murder, kidnapping and the illegal possession of arms and ammunition .
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The live ammunition that I experienced was not officially sanctioned as being hazardous enough to be included.
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They had lots of ammunition and lots of desire.
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Though the Tories are less organised, they still have plenty of ammunition .